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the arab springs uprising began in tunisia two years ago. until this week, that country avoided the recent chaos found in neighboring egypt. >>> some of the most intense conditions we've seen from the storm slamming the northeast are up in massachusetts. the weather channel's mike seidel in the heart of it. he has more from revere beach. take a look. >> reporter: so far we've been hit by wind gusts to 45 miles an hour. look at the snow blowing horizontally. you can hardly see down the beach as the sun goes down. visibility down to about half a mile. the tide is way out in new england. they have about a 10-foot change between high tide and low tide. another high tied coming in at 9:30 tonight. the tide tomorrow morning is of concern around 10:00. we'll have a surge of two feet. with the seawall and the little rise in elevation, beachfront property will be in good shape. police departments have asked for people to evacuate in marshfield and an area prone to flooding, they will have higher surge. we're expecting a four-foot tidal surge tomorrow
the arab springs uprising began in tunisia two years ago. until this week, that country avoided the recent chaos found in neighboring egypt. >>> some of the most intense conditions we've seen from the storm slamming the northeast are up in massachusetts. the weather channel's mike seidel in the heart of it. he has more from revere beach. take a look. >> reporter: so far we've been hit by wind gusts to 45 miles an hour. look at the snow blowing horizontally. you can hardly see...
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as tunisia deals from the fallout, tensions are on the rise in egypt. protests took place across the country after hard line muslim clerics issued fat with as calling for secular and opposition leaders to be killed. protesters clashed outside the presidential pal as in cairo. dem stracors accused them of betraying and of favors islamists over secular combrists. french troops have been securing the town a day after they chased islamist fighters from one of their last remaining strongholds. the soldiers have been combing the town for militants and weaponry but malli is still far from secure. the president apologized on tv for an attack by disgruntled soldiers on paratroopers in which two lost their lives. a cashmiri man has been hanged. he was executed in an indian prison after his wife petitioned for mercy was rejected earlier this week. several rights groups say the former fruit march nt did not get a fair trial. he confessed in tv interviews to helping plan the attack that killed 14 people. he later denied any involvement and said he was tortured into
as tunisia deals from the fallout, tensions are on the rise in egypt. protests took place across the country after hard line muslim clerics issued fat with as calling for secular and opposition leaders to be killed. protesters clashed outside the presidential pal as in cairo. dem stracors accused them of betraying and of favors islamists over secular combrists. french troops have been securing the town a day after they chased islamist fighters from one of their last remaining strongholds. the...
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these are the biggest and loudest protests in tunisia since the revolution there two years ago. the one that sparked the whole arab spring. a vocal critic of the government was shot dead outside his home yesterday. that infuriated people who say he was assassinated. it was political. they were already unhappy with tunisia's political situation since the arab spring the new islamist led government is keeping down individual freedoms. the people are not happy. tunisia's prime minister fired his cabinet and called for new elections hoping to calm tensions, then his deputy said the party wasn't unified on that. and it might not happen. we are watching developments. >>> let's gets back to our top story. a shooter on the loose in los angeles. the suspect a former cop is identified as christopher dorner. he was fired from the police force five years ago. and he might now be seeking revenge. dorner accused of shooting three los angeles police officers early this morning. one of them fatally, plus he's the prime suspect in a double killing over the weekend. we are covering all angles of
these are the biggest and loudest protests in tunisia since the revolution there two years ago. the one that sparked the whole arab spring. a vocal critic of the government was shot dead outside his home yesterday. that infuriated people who say he was assassinated. it was political. they were already unhappy with tunisia's political situation since the arab spring the new islamist led government is keeping down individual freedoms. the people are not happy. tunisia's prime minister fired his...
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tens of thousands turned out for the funeral of assassinated opposition leader in tunisia. it is the country's democracy in danger of falling apart? for the first time in european union history, the government reveals a deal to cut the budget. >> ♪ i'll be there ♪ >> a kenyan voice is among thousands performing in china's new year television spectacular. we get the first ever backstage glimpse of rehearsals. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. the birthplace of the arab spring is facing its biggest crisis since its revolution two years ago. tens of thousands of mourners attended the funeral procession in tunisia of the murdered opposition politician chokri belaid, a political
tens of thousands turned out for the funeral of assassinated opposition leader in tunisia. it is the country's democracy in danger of falling apart? for the first time in european union history, the government reveals a deal to cut the budget. >> ♪ i'll be there ♪ >> a kenyan voice is among thousands performing in china's new year television spectacular. we get the first ever backstage glimpse of rehearsals. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around...
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although the tunisia prime minister denies it. he promised a full investigation and to catch those responsible for the murder. alisyn: do we have answer wlormt this assassination will spark more violence? >> reporter: we've already seen three days of violence and protest in tunisia and clashes with the police. and their main demand of the protesters, that the conservative islamic government steps down in tunisia. in tunisia we've seen muslim clerics call for opposition leaders to be killed. is far it hasn't happened in egypt yet but the egyptian government is promising more police and support and protection for opposition figures. given the problems in the country it is very possible we could see some type of attack on opposition leaders and both of these countries are coming out of a difficult political transition that have often been more violent than democratic. alisyn. alisyn: a real tinderbox there of tension. conor powell, thanks for the update. rick: coming up after the break, a troubling sign as the president prepares to d
although the tunisia prime minister denies it. he promised a full investigation and to catch those responsible for the murder. alisyn: do we have answer wlormt this assassination will spark more violence? >> reporter: we've already seen three days of violence and protest in tunisia and clashes with the police. and their main demand of the protesters, that the conservative islamic government steps down in tunisia. in tunisia we've seen muslim clerics call for opposition leaders to be...
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they say 22-year-old tunisia howard was inside the vehicle when shots were fired. howard is the girlfriend of harris. he's still at large. >>> a wicked combination of strong winds and up to 20 inches of snow knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses. in many areas work crews scrambling to restore power. they had to be accompanied by road plows. for millions of people the impassable roads left them stranded at home and at work. air travel halted in much of the midsection. in chicago alone more than 1,000 flights were canceled yesterday. hundreds more likely today. >>> an australian billionaire has unveiled plans for a full-scale replica of the titanic. it's called the tie tangibtanic. it's set to sale in 2016. look at those pictures. yes, you can buy a ticket and you will wear 1912-style clothing. there will be enough lifeboats for everyone thoechlt i'm ashleigh banfield. it takes a lot to get senior lawmakers in the very same room. today we can thank rosa parks for making it happen. just take a look at this live picture as we speak, a dedication ceremo
they say 22-year-old tunisia howard was inside the vehicle when shots were fired. howard is the girlfriend of harris. he's still at large. >>> a wicked combination of strong winds and up to 20 inches of snow knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses. in many areas work crews scrambling to restore power. they had to be accompanied by road plows. for millions of people the impassable roads left them stranded at home and at work. air travel halted in much of the midsection....
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tunisia is the problem where it could become more than just a transit route as tunisia is currently fighting alongside islamists, and in mali, they return home. there's that concern. tunisia is concerned about french presence in mali. members, especially parliamentarians, they are concerned that the war in mali might become a potent recruitment for disgruntled tunisians, and fear a backlash. so far cross border links have been tenuous too far, based more on greed and criminality than ideology, but that could change. the future of tunisia and in morocco and elsewhere is that jihadigan steers, militants, and forces are destabilizing countries that are transitioning from a carrying route and have weak security institutions. tunisia authorities today are struggling to reform their dysfunctional security services. they are struggling to develop the capacity to police to counter the threats. even countries with strong security forces, there's dangerous there. morocco, for example, has been on high alert since the french intervention. we know several joined armed groups in mali, about 70 of them th
tunisia is the problem where it could become more than just a transit route as tunisia is currently fighting alongside islamists, and in mali, they return home. there's that concern. tunisia is concerned about french presence in mali. members, especially parliamentarians, they are concerned that the war in mali might become a potent recruitment for disgruntled tunisians, and fear a backlash. so far cross border links have been tenuous too far, based more on greed and criminality than ideology,...
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. >>> violent protests erupting on the streets of tunisia. lisa sylvester is monitoring that and some of the other top stories in "the situation room" right now. what's the latest? >> tunisia was held up as the model for the arab spring and positive change. but it can be hard sometimes for real change to take hold. tens o f thousands turned ut o for the funeral of a prominent official assassinated wednesday. riot police fired tear gas. it's left the country in turmoil, many accusing the government of allowing political violence to spread unchecked. no one has claimed responsibility for that attack. >>> in other news, hugh grant is getting a big check from rupert murdoch. murdoch's media empire paid substantial damages to hugh grant as part of a mass settlement, part of that phone hacking scandal. grant has been one of the most outspoken victims of the scandal and he helped take down a popular london tabloid. a number of senior employees are facing criminal charges. >>> and the flu is still a big deal. just not as big of a deal as it was earli
. >>> violent protests erupting on the streets of tunisia. lisa sylvester is monitoring that and some of the other top stories in "the situation room" right now. what's the latest? >> tunisia was held up as the model for the arab spring and positive change. but it can be hard sometimes for real change to take hold. tens o f thousands turned ut o for the funeral of a prominent official assassinated wednesday. riot police fired tear gas. it's left the country in turmoil,...
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. >>> a look at this massive crowd that filled the streets in tunisia. this was a public funeral of an opposition leader shot dead outside his home wednesday. thousands of grieving and angry folks marching with his coffin to a cemetery. many believe it was a political assassination. riot police have violently put down several public demonstrations since that shooting. >>> and of course getting back to california, one of our main stories here, the hunt for the former cop now a murder suspect. christopher dorner accused of killing three people around l.a. and declaring war on the entire lapd in a rampage seeking revenge for being fired. casey wian is with us from los angeles, and paul would ybuchan big bear. paul, i want to start off with you because we heard from the sheriff there and they continue the search even though the weather is pretty bad in big bear. they lost his tracks because the ground is frozen. so how are they pursuing this? >> reporter: well, they're continuing their search in this area. a number of law enforcement officers are also going
. >>> a look at this massive crowd that filled the streets in tunisia. this was a public funeral of an opposition leader shot dead outside his home wednesday. thousands of grieving and angry folks marching with his coffin to a cemetery. many believe it was a political assassination. riot police have violently put down several public demonstrations since that shooting. >>> and of course getting back to california, one of our main stories here, the hunt for the former cop now a...
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in tunisia, huge crowds of mourners protested as opposition leader chokri belaid was laid to rest. he was assassinated earlier this week. tens of thousands converged on the cemetery, with belaid's coffin draped in a tunisian flag. violence erupted as police fired tear gas and demonstrators threw stones and set cars ablaze. thousands of demonstrators turned out in cairo and other cities across egypt, protesting president mohammed morsi and his islamist-led government. the crowds defied hard-line muslim clerics, who called on their supporters to kill opposition leaders. as night fell, security forces used tear gas to disperse protesters who threw rocks and fire bombs at the presidential palace. gunmen in nigeria have killed at least nine women working to immunize children against the polio virus. the attacks today were in kano, in the african nation's muslim north. the killers were believed to come from boko haram, a radical islamic sect. polio remains endemic in nigeria, but some muslim clerics have charged the vaccinations are a plot to sterilize young girls. the british government
in tunisia, huge crowds of mourners protested as opposition leader chokri belaid was laid to rest. he was assassinated earlier this week. tens of thousands converged on the cemetery, with belaid's coffin draped in a tunisian flag. violence erupted as police fired tear gas and demonstrators threw stones and set cars ablaze. thousands of demonstrators turned out in cairo and other cities across egypt, protesting president mohammed morsi and his islamist-led government. the crowds defied hard-line...
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>> senator riden, for the drones and president obama had the worst week because of tunisia and egypt and they're not paying much attention with the uprisings which they were so behind with the arab spring and this is with the obama administration. did you pia republican pick a democrat for the worst week? >> my best week is the president of france. he's done a great job around africa. he's shown real leadership there. the worst week is american policy on drones. this is going come back to haunt us. mark my word. >> molly, your picks? >> similar to susan for the best week, i said civil liberties and civil libertarians and not that anything will change in their favor. there's a little bit of outrage and the worst week, karl rove, this uprising on the right of the grassroots in the republican party trying to smack him down for his attempt to assert discipline on the part of the establishment. it's not going to be that easy. >> donald trump is part of the grassroots now. >> he sure is. >> susan del percio. >> that'sa i wrap of "ec wooen s weekends with alex witt." up next, craig melvin.
>> senator riden, for the drones and president obama had the worst week because of tunisia and egypt and they're not paying much attention with the uprisings which they were so behind with the arab spring and this is with the obama administration. did you pia republican pick a democrat for the worst week? >> my best week is the president of france. he's done a great job around africa. he's shown real leadership there. the worst week is american policy on drones. this is going come...
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security or withdraw diplomatic staff in advance of a crisis from central america to khartoum, from tunisia to yemen, from egypt to mali and others. while dod does not have the primary responsibility for the security of u.s. diplomatic facilities around the world, we do work closely with the state department and support them as requested. in the months prior to the benghazi attack, as i've said, we had received from the intelligence community almost 300 reports on possible threats to american facilities around the world. over the course of the day on september 11th general dempsey and i received a number of reports of possible threats to u.s. facilities, including those in cairo, egypt, but there were no reports of imminent threats to u.s. personnel or facilities in benghazi. by our best estimate the incident at the temporary mission facility in benghazi began at about 3:42pm eastern daylight time on september 11th. the embassy in tripoli was notified of the attacks almost immediately, and within 17 minutes of the initial reports, about 3:59pm, africom directed an unarmed and unmanned surve
security or withdraw diplomatic staff in advance of a crisis from central america to khartoum, from tunisia to yemen, from egypt to mali and others. while dod does not have the primary responsibility for the security of u.s. diplomatic facilities around the world, we do work closely with the state department and support them as requested. in the months prior to the benghazi attack, as i've said, we had received from the intelligence community almost 300 reports on possible threats to american...
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people are like the leaders for the first time in generations are ever in egypt, tunisia and libya. the united states and our partners built a black coalition to stop gadhafi for massacring his people and a ceasefire is holding in gaza. august aims, but not nearly enough. ongoing turmoil point to difficulties identifying fractured countries and building credible democratic in 22 shands. the impact between israel and palestinians shows little sign of easing. in syria, deicide regime continues to slaughter his people and enter communal conflict. iran is pursuing its nuclear ambitions and sponsoring an extremist across the globe may continue to face terrorist threats from yemen and north africa. will not see inherent to attend the united states has all the solutions to these problems. we do not. but we are clear about the future we seek for the region and its people. we won a region at peace with and the world, where people live in dignity, not dictatorship. the entrepreneurship drives, not extremism. there's no doubt get into that future will be difficult and will require every single
people are like the leaders for the first time in generations are ever in egypt, tunisia and libya. the united states and our partners built a black coalition to stop gadhafi for massacring his people and a ceasefire is holding in gaza. august aims, but not nearly enough. ongoing turmoil point to difficulties identifying fractured countries and building credible democratic in 22 shands. the impact between israel and palestinians shows little sign of easing. in syria, deicide regime continues to...
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. >>> in tunisia angry demonstrators facing off with police after a critic of the government was shot and killed. police fired tear gas to break up the protest. the demonstrations broke out after a gunman shot -- his supporters and opponents are calling this a political assassination. >>> acapulco, mexico attracting millions of tourists every year. this horrifying crime has put folks on edge. particularly visitors, miguel marquez is in acapulco with some new developments. what do we know? >> reporter: suzanne, this is the beautiful area just south of acapulco, where this crime occurred. this is the house where those victims were. tape surrounds it as well as many police. cnn learned from the lead investigator of this investigation, the victims knew their attackers. he says they bought drugs from him mass gunmen entered the bungalow from the beach around 2:00 a.m. what happened next, horrific. six women in their 20s and their male companions tied up. the women raped, the men helpless to stop it from happening. it's a delicate situation, he says, but we will apply the full weight of the
. >>> in tunisia angry demonstrators facing off with police after a critic of the government was shot and killed. police fired tear gas to break up the protest. the demonstrations broke out after a gunman shot -- his supporters and opponents are calling this a political assassination. >>> acapulco, mexico attracting millions of tourists every year. this horrifying crime has put folks on edge. particularly visitors, miguel marquez is in acapulco with some new developments. what...
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police armed with teargas canisters are battling these protesters that have erupted in the capital of tunisia. after a brief calm overnight, it's the second day of protest after a popular leader was gunned down yesterday. no one has claimed responsibility for that attack. late yet, the prime minister called for new elections. >>> and the federal reserve is admitting that it has been hacked. phone numbers and other information has been stolen and published. a fed spokesman said hackers exploited, rather, a quote temporary vulnerability that has been fixed. the hacker group anonymous has claimed responsibility for that attack. >>> and japan's military scrambles combat jets after two russian jets entered their air space. they left a minute later without incident. russia denies the charge. the jets were near islands disputed since world war ii and it's the second dispute for japan after accusing china of putting a radar lock on one of its vessels in the east china sea. we reported on that yesterday. >> we'll see what happens on the third day tomorrow. thank you for that report. >>> we're looking
police armed with teargas canisters are battling these protesters that have erupted in the capital of tunisia. after a brief calm overnight, it's the second day of protest after a popular leader was gunned down yesterday. no one has claimed responsibility for that attack. late yet, the prime minister called for new elections. >>> and the federal reserve is admitting that it has been hacked. phone numbers and other information has been stolen and published. a fed spokesman said hackers...
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the leader of tunisia flet the country later. mohammed morsi was elected president in june 2012 amid legal challenges and hopes the arab spring would smoothly give stability across the region have been dashed. just last night, the tunisian president's party quit. what might the next two years hold regarding democracy across the region? joining us now, david hartwell. thanks very much for your time. if we could just start with egypt two years on, do you still think things as generally head in the right direction or looking at reports this morning that people are trying to protect their wealth by buying gold, by looking at other measures, maybe the country has to impose capital controls. is this all potentially unraveling? >> i think it's early to say it's unraveling, but it certainly feels as though we're approaching another crisis point because the government is clearly struggling to get ahold of both establish some form of legitimacy after the protests ask after the legal challenges that you mentioned lat year. and that is clear
the leader of tunisia flet the country later. mohammed morsi was elected president in june 2012 amid legal challenges and hopes the arab spring would smoothly give stability across the region have been dashed. just last night, the tunisian president's party quit. what might the next two years hold regarding democracy across the region? joining us now, david hartwell. thanks very much for your time. if we could just start with egypt two years on, do you still think things as generally head in...
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we also discussed the responsibility to support fragile democracies across the world from libya, tunisia, and beyond. it is in our mutual interest. i want to thank the president for the important leadership. showing the support for libya. i think he and the people of the united kingdom can be proud. william and i agreed that the syrian people deserve better than the horrific violence that threatens the everyday lives of innocent people, people wanting their government to be accountable and part of their own lives. the regime has rained down rockets, and that is just the latest example of brutality. we condemn this indiscriminate killing of innocent civilians and we condemn it in the strongest terms. it is just further evidence assad has to go. i think william for the effort to help dial up the pressure on the regime, for their contributions of humanitarian aid and hosting the transition conference last month. let me make clear that we will continue to work closely with british allies to address the growing humanitarian crisis and the support of the syrian opposition council. we are coord
we also discussed the responsibility to support fragile democracies across the world from libya, tunisia, and beyond. it is in our mutual interest. i want to thank the president for the important leadership. showing the support for libya. i think he and the people of the united kingdom can be proud. william and i agreed that the syrian people deserve better than the horrific violence that threatens the everyday lives of innocent people, people wanting their government to be accountable and part...